Awards and Honors
2012
Parker Award for Best Transportation Policy & Planning Capstone Project
The UCLA Institute for Transportation Studies is delighted to announce that recent MURP graduate Will Domine has won the Parker Award for the best transportation policy & planning capstone project in the U.S. from the Council of University Transportation Centers. Mr. Dominie's study, entitled Is Just Growth Smarter Growth? The Effects of Gentrification on Transit Ridership and Driving in Los Angeles' Transit Station Area Neighborhoods, is a masterful and groundbreaking study of the relationships between rail transit investments, transit-oriented development (TOD), and transit use. Mr. Dominie finds that in Los Angeles, many of the new developments around rail transit stations attract higher income residents who use transit less than the generally lower income people displaced by the new development, calling into question policies that aim to increase transit patronage through TOD. Mr. Dominie is UCLA's 11th transportation policy and planning student to win an award for the best capstone, thesis, or dissertation from the Council of University Transportation Centers since 1998, by far the most of any university in the country. He is currently the Built Environment Program Specialist with Contra Costa Health Services in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Dominie will receive his award and $1,500 prize at the CUTC Banquet at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, DC in January.
UC Outstanding Student of the Year Award
We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year's UC Outstanding Student of the Year Award is Eric Morris, who was nominated by Professor Brian Taylor. Eric received his Ph.D. from UCLA and is an Assistant Professor of Planning, Design, and the Built Environment at Clemson University. His current research focuses on transportation and subjective well-being; transportation, time use, and activity patterns; and transportation and access to employment, shopping, food, and medical care. He has a strong interest in transportation equity and disadvantaged populations. He also conducts research in the field of transportation history, and is currently co-authoring a book on the development and financing of the freeway system. Eric will join other Student-of-the-Year recipients from University Transportation Centers across the U.S. at an award ceremony this coming January right before the annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) meeting. We also would like to extend a sincere thank you to the faculty nominators and the application review participants for their quick turnaround and thoughtful participation in this process.
2010
Chandini Singh wins AICP Outstanding Student Award
The American Institute of Certified Planners Outstanding Student Awards recognizes outstanding attainment in the study of planning by students graduating from Planning Accreditation Boardaccredited planning programs during the academic year of the award. Chandini Singh received this honor for the 2009-2010 school year.
Colleen Callahan Wins Parker Award and Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation Fellowship Award
"The Plane Truth-Air Quality Impacts of Airport Operations and Strategies for Sustainability: A Case Study of the Los Angeles World Airports" by Colleen Callahan won the Neville A. Parker Award. Additionally she was awarded the Switzer Foundation Fellowship Award for her work. The Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation drives positive environmental change by recognizing and fostering a diverse network of environmental leaders, and mobilizing them through the Switzer Fellowship Network. Colleen Callahan was awarded academic funding and a variety of resources are offered to provide career and professional support to the Fellows during their Fellowship year and thereafter. More Information
2009
Chester Rapkin Award for Best Planning Article awarded to Donald Shoup
The Chester Rapkin Award for the Best Paper in the Journal of Planning Education and Research is awarded annually. All papers published in the Journal are automatically considered. Members of the award committee are appointed by the Editors of the Journal. This year the Chester Rapkin Award was won by Donal Shoup for his article titled "Graduated Density Zoning."
California Planning Foundation Outstanding Student Award
The 2009 CPF Outstanding Student Award was earned by Clare Fox. These scholarships are awarded statewide based on an application and selection process by the CPF Board. These scholarships are designed for continuing students entering their final year of an undergraduate or master's degree accredited planning program. Criteria for the scholarships include academic performance, professional promise in advancing excellent planning in California, financial need, and increasing diversity in the profession of planning.
American Planning Association (APA) Scholarship
The American Planning Association (APA)'s Planning Fellowship Program Scholarship was awarded the 2008-2009 school year to Cecilia Garcia at UCLA. Cecilia Garcia joined the UARS Systems unit in June 2004. Cecilia worked in UARS for four years as a student worker while working towards her bachelors degree in Sociology.
2008
2007
Urban Planning student Andrea L. Osgood won the 2007 Neville A. Parker Award for her work, Curb Dreams: Allocating On-Street Parking for Carsharing. An Analysis of Local Government Agencies Options for Encouraging Carsharing Use Through On-Street Parking Programs
2006
Steve Crosley (M.A., Urban Planning, 2006) has been selected to receive the Neville A. Parker Award from the Council of University Transportation Centers for his UCLA client project The Choices of Choice Riders -- Demand for Light Rail Transit in the Polycentric City: A Look at Culver City and the Mid-City/Exposition Line.
2005
Paul Sorensen - selected for ENO Leadership Development Conference
Urban Planning second-year student Paul A. Sorensen has been selected to attend the 13th annual Leadership Development Conference on transportation public policy sponsored by the ENO Transportation Foundation. The conference is set for May 23-27 in Washington, D.C.
2004
Departmental and University Awards and Honors
Outstanding Graduating Doctoral Student: Hiro Iseki
Katherine Gouvias Fellowship: Timothy Papandreou
Leon Hoffman Fellowship for Urban and Information Technology: Kendra Vernon
Michael S. Dukakis Internship Stipend: Amy Ford
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Award: Timothy Papandreou
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies Graduate Research Grant: Amy Ford, Kevin Holliday
Educational Grants and Fellowships
UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Program: Camille Fink
State and Regional Awards and Honors
Ava Doner Memorial Scholarship, Women's Transportation Seminar: Camille Fink
California Planning Foundation Student Scholarship: Gabriela Juarez
California Planning Foundation Continuing Student Merit Award: Paul Sorensen
State of California Toxic Substances Research Award: Lisa Schweitzer
National and International Awards and Honors
American Planning Association (APA) Judith McManus Pricec Scholarship: Gabriela Juarez
Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship: Camille Fink
Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Award for Outstanding Non-Thesis Masters Degree Paper in Policy and Planning: Camille Fink
Camille Fink won the 2004 award for the best (non-thesis) masters capstone project from the Council of University Transportation Centers for her terrorism security assessment of Union Station in Los Angeles. The winners of these awards are selected via double-blind reviews by panels of faculty members from CUTC member universities from around the U.S.
2003
State and Regional Awards and Honors
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Outstanding Student Award: Susan Herre
Ava Doner Memorial Scholarship, Women's Transportation Seminar: Caroline Forger
California Planning Foundation Outstanding Student Scholarship: Amy Ford
University of California Transportation Center (UCTC) Student of the Year Award: Lisa Schweitzer
Departmental and University Awards and Honors
Eugene Cota Robles Fellowship: Camille Fink
Julie Roque Award: Heather Burton
Educational Grants and Fellowships
UCLA Office of Instructional Development Grant, UP 149 (Transportation Geography), Fall 2003, Allison Yoh, Teaching Assistant, $1,000
National and International Awards and Honors
Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Charles Wooten Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation in Policy and Planning: Jeffrey Brown
Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Charles Wooten Award for Outstanding Thesis in Policy and Planning: Kathleen Rogers
Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Award for Outstanding Non-Thesis Masters Degree Paper in Policy and Planning: Heather Burton
Eno Transportation Foundation Fellowship: Allison Yoh
Presidential Management Intern Award: Camille Fink, Susan Herre
Rodney Slater Student Award: Allison Yoh
2002
Departmental and University Awards and Honors
Dean's Award for Overall Excellence: Dennis Farmer
Harvey S. Perloff Scholarship: Camille Fink
Julie Roque Award: Lisa Schweitzer
Title VI Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship: Eric Eidlin
State and Regional Awards and Honors
Ava Doner Memorial Scholarship, Women's Transportation Seminar: Camille Fink
Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship, Women's Transportation Seminar: Lisa Schweitzer
University of California Transportation Center (UCTC) Dissertation Fellowship: Jeffrey Brown
National and International Awards and Honors
Eno Transportation Foundation Fellowship: Daniel Chatman
2001
Departmental and University Awards and Honors
California Planning Foundation Academic Achievement Award, Continuing Student: Dennis Farmer
University of California Transportation Center (UCTC) Student of the Year Award: Jeffrey Brown
Wootan PhD Award given to Dr. Mary Jane Breinholt
Dr. Mary Jane Breinholt was the recipient of the Charles V. Wootan Award for the best Ph.D. dissertation in transportation studies. Awarded by the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC).
Departmental And University Awards and Honors
Chancellor's Fellowship: Allison Yoh
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship: Camille Fink
Julie Roque Award: Peter Brown
Title VI Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship: Eric Eidlin
State and Regional Awards and Honors
California Planning Foundation Academic Achievement Award, Continuing Student: Dennis Farmer
University of California Transportation Center (UCTC) Student of the Year Award: Jeffrey Brown
National and International Awards and Honors
Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship: Lisa Schweitzer
Eno Transportation Foundation Fellowship: Jeffrey Brown
Transportation Research Board's Pyke Johnson Award (for the best paper in the area of planning and administration of transportation facilities): Hiroyuki Iseki and Mark Garrett, co-authored with Professor Brian Taylor
2000
National and International Awards and Honors
American Planning Association Transportation, Planning Division, Best Research Paper in the Graduate Student Division: Gian-Claudia Sciara
Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship: Daniel Chatman
Eno Transportation Foundation Fellowship: Gian-Claudia Sciara
Presidential Management Intern (PMI) Award: Scott Perley
State and Regional Awards and Honors
Chancellor's Fellowship: Lisa Schweitzer
Dean's Award for Overall Excellence: Gian-Claudia Sciara
Michael S. Dukakis Internship Stipend: Allison Yoh
Departmental and University Awards and Honors
Chancellor's Fellowship: Lisa Schweitzer
Dean's Award for Overall Excellence: Gian-Claudia Sciara
Michael S. Dukakis Internship Stipend: Allison Yoh
1999
Departmental and University Awards and Honors
Dean's Award for Overall Excellence: Andrew Mondschein
Harvey S. Perloff Scholarship: Gian-Glaudia Sciara
National and International Awards and Honors
Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Charles Wooten Award for Outstanding Thesis in Policy and Planning: Philip Law
Eno Transportation Foundation Fellowship: Andrew Mondschein
State and Regional Awards and Honors
American Public Transit Foundation Transit Hall of Fame Scholarship and Donald C. Hyde Memorial Essay Contest: Roy Choi
1998
National and International Awards and Honors
Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Charles Wooten Award for Outstanding Thesis in Policy and Planning: Jeffrey Brown
Dwight D. Eisenhower Research Fellowship: Daniel Hess
Eno Transportation Foundation Fellowship: Mark Garrett
Presidential Management Intern (PMI) Award: Trent Lethco
Departmental and University Awards and Honors
Dean's Award for Overall Excellence: Jeffrey Brown
Eugene Cota Robles Fellowship: Jeffrey Brown
1997
National and International Awards and Honors
Dwight D. Eisenhower Research Fellowship: Anthony Campagna
Eno Transportation Foundation Fellowship: Eugene Kim
State and Regional Awards and Honors
California Planning Foundation Academic Achievement Award, Graduating Student: Kathleen Rogers
Educational Grants and Fellowships
UCLA Office of Instructional Development Grant, UP 192 (Urban Policy and Planning), Spring 1997, Eugene Kim, Teaching Assistant, $500
1996
State and Regional Awards and Honors
American Planning Association (APA) Planning Fellowship: Anthony Campagna
California Planning Foundation Academic Achievement Award, Continuing Student: Kathleen Forrest Rogers
California Planning Foundation Academic Achievement Award, Graduating Student: William S. McCullough III
Educational Grants and Fellowships
UCLA Office of Instructional Development Grant, UP 191 (Introduction to Cities and Planning), Winter 1996, Gail Sansbury, Teaching Assistant, $500
1995
Departmental and University Awards and Honors
Harvey S. Perloff Scholarship: Priya Girishankar